And many a township did I give respite while it was given to wrongdoing. Then I seized it (with punishment). And to Me is the (final) return (of all).Ibn Abi Hatim recorded from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah said:يَدْخُلُ فُقَرَاءُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَ الاَْغْنِيَاءِ بِنِصْفِ يَوْمٍ خَمْسِمِايَةِ عَامThe poor among the Muslims will enter Paradise half a day before the rich -- five hundred years.This was recorded by At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa'i from the Hadith of Ath-Thawri from Muhammad bin `Amr.At-Tirmidhi said, "Hasan Sahih."Abu Dawud recorded at the end of Book of Al-Malahim in his Sunan from Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas that the Prophet said:إِنِّي لَاَرْجُو أَنْ لَا تَعْجِزَ أُمَّتِي عِنْدَ رَبِّهَا أَنْ يُوَخِّرَهُمْ نِصْفَ يَوْمI hope that it will not be too much for my Ummah if Allah delays them for half a day.It was said to Sa`d, "What does half a day mean?"He said, "Five hundred years.